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Uber’s AV Pivot: Growth Opportunity or Margin Risk?
Author: Chris Markoch. Article Published: 4/22/2026.
Key Points
- Uber is committing over $10 billion to autonomous vehicles, signaling a major shift away from its asset-light model.
- Rising labor costs and AV investments are expected to pressure earnings in the near term.
- Analysts remain bullish long term, but are lowering price targets as margin expansion timelines extend.
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Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) has been taking the lead in autonomous vehicle (AV) adoption for several quarters. Recent announcements reveal the company has entered into deals with over a dozen automotive partners, including Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), Rivian Automotive Inc. (NASDAQ: RIVN), and Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID). In total, the deals mean Uber is committing over $10 billion to AV vehicles, equity stakes, and fleet purchases.
The deals further emphasize the company’s commitment to becoming the largest facilitator of AV trips in the world by 2029. However, they also move the company away from the asset-light business model that powered Uber’s growth over the last decade.
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Gig Work Has Become Big Business
Autonomous vehicle technology may be inevitable, but this pivot is one Uber has been pushed into rather than chosen freely. The company’s ride-hailing model started with a simple premise: individuals would drive to supplement their income. Those plans didn’t account for a pandemic, a tight labor market, and a workforce that increasingly views gig work not as a side hustle but as a primary livelihood.
That shift has brought gig work into the mainstream and given drivers considerably more leverage. Recent legislation, like California’s Proposition 3, shows drivers increasingly want employee status with protections and benefits—changes that would make the earnings math harder for Uber and, by extension, make UBER less attractive to some investors.
In some ways, this mirrors a challenge Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) encountered. Netflix created a category but discovered original content, not syndicated content, was the real growth driver—and original content is expensive. That pushed Netflix into an ad-supported model, a departure from its founding promise of uninterrupted viewing. It was an uncomfortable but ultimately successful concession that has become one of the company’s fastest-growing segments.
Viewed through that lens, Uber’s pivot to AV has similar logic. It’s sacrificing the purity of the original model and absorbing near-term pain to reduce the risk of being disrupted.
The Earnings Math Is Getting Harder
Investors are already seeing the short-term impact in the numbers. Analysts forecast Q1 2026 EPS of $0.71 per share on a diluted basis, down roughly 14.5% from $0.83 in the year-ago quarter. For the full fiscal year, analysts expect UBER to report EPS of $3.35, down 36.8% from $5.30 in fiscal 2025.
The decline reflects two pressures colliding: driver costs are rising as labor dynamics shift, and Uber is simultaneously investing heavily in the AV infrastructure it hopes will eventually replace those costs.
It’s a race. The faster AV adoption scales, the more driver expenses can be reduced. But the runway is capital-intensive, and the transition won't happen overnight. The Uber analyst forecasts on MarketBeat show analysts have noticed.
DA Davidson lowered its price target following Uber's Q4 2025 earnings, citing elevated investments.
Stifel also cut its price target on UBER to $94 from $105.
Wells Fargo similarly trimmed its target to $95, while maintaining an overweight rating.
In each case, analysts signal that the bull case remains intact, but the timeline for margin expansion is getting pushed out.
The Trade-Off Investors Need to Understand
The $10 billion AV commitment isn't reckless; it is arguably inevitable. Waymo is already operating commercially in multiple U.S. cities, and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is clearly pursuing a robotaxi model. Hosting AV fleets at scale is a necessary step for Uber to avoid being disintermediated by the technology partners it once aimed to remain neutral with.
The Lucid partnership—a $500 million commitment for at least 35,000 vehicles—is the clearest signal that Uber intends to own this transition. Uber shares surged 6.8% when the AV fleet strategy was announced, suggesting the market is willing to reward ambition even if near-term earnings suffer.
The central tension for investors is straightforward: Uber is spending its way out of one cost problem (gig labor) and into another (fleet capital). The bet is that AV unit economics will eventually be dramatically better than human-driver economics.
History suggests that bet is likely correct. The key questions are how long investors are willing to wait and how much earnings compression they're prepared to absorb in the meantime.
3 Under-the-Radar Cybersecurity Stocks With Major Upside Potential
Author: Nathan Reiff. Article Published: 4/14/2026.
Key Points
- A surge in demand for cybersecurity as AI abilities expand rapidly could help to fuel growth for smaller names in the space.
- Tenable's strong cloud platform growth and Qualys's impressive margins help these firms to stand out.
- Commvault has excellent sales growth, but the potential for a takeover complicates the picture for potential investors.
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The biggest names in cybersecurity—firms like CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD)—draw a lot of investor attention, but some of the most resilient businesses in the sector can fly under the radar. With rapid AI adoption and renewed cybersecurity concerns tied to geopolitical tensions involving Iran and Anthropic's new Mythos model, smaller cybersecurity names have several tailwinds working in their favor.
Although cybersecurity is expanding quickly, three companies stand out because of their focused niches and recent financial outperformance. Each is trading well below Wall Street's consensus price targets, suggesting investors who buy now may still have meaningful upside.
Strong Adoption of Tenable One Platform Can Drive Growth
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Tenable One also boosts average sales prices. Recently, a major telecom company signed a seven-figure deal to use Tenable One specifically for monitoring AI-related exposure.
Best of all, most of Tenable's existing customers have not yet migrated to Tenable One, leaving ample runway for upsells and expansion.
Riding that momentum, Tenable's full-year 2026 guidance calls for the company's first annual revenue above $1 billion along with improving operating margins. Although analysts remain cautious—many maintaining a Hold rating while the company continues to prove itself—the consensus price target of nearly $30 sits more than 70% above current levels, implying significant upside for TENB shares.
A Stock Price Shock May Present an Opportunity to Buy Qualys
IT security firm Qualys Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) ranks as a smaller player in the cybersecurity space with a market cap under $3 billion, but it serves more than 10,000 enterprise customers worldwide. The firm's margins are especially attractive: free cash flow margin was 43% in 2025, and management expects a similar range this year.
Adjusted EBITDA margin was 47% in the latest quarter. Revenue rose more than 10% year over year, topping expectations, and non-GAAP earnings per share also beat analyst forecasts.
QLYS shares fell roughly 14% in a week amid the Mythos preview and broader industry jitters, which may create a buying opportunity. The company's strong fundamentals, robust cash flow and low leverage make it resilient despite short-term volatility.
Even with a Hold rating, QLYS shares could have about 80% upside potential according to analyst estimates.
Commvault's Stock Performance Belies Its Potential, But Takeover Offers May Complicate the Situation
Commvault Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CVLT) provides data protection and information management software, making it a key option for firms seeking ransomware recovery solutions. Commvault's revenue growth is compelling: subscription sales climbed 30% year over year in the last quarter, topping $200 million, while SaaS annual recurring revenue (ARR) grew about 40% over the same period. Overall revenue rose nearly 20% year over year, comfortably beating estimates.
Management expects continued strong revenue and ARR growth for the fiscal year (ending in December). Still, CVLT shares recently traded near a one-year low amid concerns that the timing of large deals could make sales growth lumpy.
Those risks may be limited given Commvault's recent partnerships, including integrations with Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) cybersecurity offerings and collaboration with data infrastructure firm NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP).
Analysts mostly agree: about three-quarters rate CVLT shares as a Buy or equivalent. With a consensus price target above $141 per share, CVLT could see nearly 50% upside, which would recover much of the ground lost over the past year.
Investors should also monitor takeover chatter. One reason Commvault's stock jumped in early April was reporting that the company had entertained multiple takeover offers.
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